Trump attorney says there was no scheme and there was no crime related to Daniels payments

Washington — Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, argued Wednesday that “there was no scheme and there was no crime” committed in connection with hush money payments made before the 2016 presidential election. In an interview with “CBS Mornings,” Tacopina defended Trump from allegations by New York prosecutors he orchestrated a years-long scheme with others to use the payments to suppress negative information before the 2016 election, asserting “there’s no crime at all.” The former president was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury last week and on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying…